Alfredo Ramos Martínez
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Alfredo Ramos Martínez (November 12, 1871 – November 8, 1946) was a painter, muralist, and educator, who lived and worked in Mexico, Paris, and Los Angeles. Considered by many to be the 'Father of Mexican Modernism', Ramos Martínez is best known for his serene and empathetic paintings of traditional Mexican people and scenes. As the renowned Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío wrote, "Ramos Martínez is one of those who paints poems; he does not copy, he interprets; he understands how to express the sorrow of the fisherman and the melancholy of the village."[1]
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Alfredo Ramos Martínez | |
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Born | November 12, 1871 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Died | November 8, 1946 (aged 74) Los Angeles |
Nationality | Mexican |
Education | Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City |
Known for | Painting, Fresco, Murals, Drawing, Watercolor, Printmaking |
Notable work | Margaret Fowler Frescoes (1945; unfinished), Scripps College, Claremont, California |
Movement | Modernism, Mexican muralism, Figurative art, Portraiture, Impressionism |
Awards | Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold (Belgium), 1923 |
Patron(s) | Phoebe Hearst, (San Francisco); William Alanson Bryan (Los Angeles); Harold Grieve (Los Angeles); Albert M. Bender (San Francisco) |
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ramos and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.